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Saying his country is prepared to resume peace talks with Pakistan, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.N. General Assembly Saturday that the discussion must take place "without the shadow of terrorism."<p>Modi spoke at the U.N. one day after Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, criticized India's withdrawal from recent talks over the contested region of Kashmir in his speech to the assembly Friday.Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:53:00 +0000Julie McCarthy24237 at http://wxpr.orgAt U.N., India's Modi Discusses Pakistan, Terrorism, And PeaceIndia's Orbiter To Join NASA's Maven Around Mars — On A Shoestring http://wxpr.org/post/look-out-maven-indias-mars-orbiter-closing
Anticipation is building in India over its rendezvous with Mars.<p>NASA erupted into cheers after confirmation Sunday night that its space probe MAVEN injected into the Martian orbit. NASA's success came two days ahead of a critical engine burn designed to place an Indian spacecraft around the Red Planet, in a project dubbed MOM, Mars Orbiter Mission.<p>Sleepless scientists conferring at the Space Center in Bangalore passed a crucial dry run Monday: a four-second fire-up of a Mars Orbiter engine that has been dormant in space for some 300 days. The moment of truth comes, says A.S.Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:59:00 +0000Julie McCarthy24069 at http://wxpr.orgIndia's Orbiter To Join NASA's Maven Around Mars — On A Shoestring India's Modi Calls Al-Qaida's Plans For His Country 'Delusional'http://wxpr.org/post/indias-modi-calls-al-qaidas-plans-his-country-delusional
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said al-Qaida will fail to attract recruits among his country's Muslims.<p>Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/09/05/346122891/will-al-qaida-find-followers-in-india" target="_blank">al-Qaida said</a> it had created a new branch to bring Islamic rule to the entire Indian subcontinent.<p>Modi's remarks, his first in an interview to international media since his election in May, are his most forthcoming on the Islamist group and India's Muslims, many of whom doubted his commitment to religious minorities in Hindu-dominant, bFri, 19 Sep 2014 15:49:00 +0000Julie McCarthy23953 at http://wxpr.orgIndia's Modi Calls Al-Qaida's Plans For His Country 'Delusional'Will Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?http://wxpr.org/post/will-al-qaida-find-followers-india
After a year of silence, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has exhorted his "Muslim brothers" to join a newly established South Asia faction that would "defend the vulnerable in the Indian subcontinent."<p>He listed Burma and Bangladesh, and specifically named three states in India — Assam, Gujarat and Kashmir. In disputed Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state — which is claimed by both Pakistan and India — an insurgency agitates for independence.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:21:00 +0000Julie McCarthy23408 at http://wxpr.orgWill Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?Security Vs. Free Speech: India Blocks Film On Assassinationhttp://wxpr.org/post/india-tries-find-fine-balance-between-censorship-and-public-safety
A new film projects a decidedly different perspective about one of the most convulsive episodes in India's modern age.<p><em>Kaum De Heere</em>, or <em>Diamonds of the Community</em>, looks at the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi — through the lens of her assassins.<p>Producer Satish Katyal rejects the criticism that the film eulogizes Gandhi's killers. "It has a human angle," he says. "It's about their personal lives. Why did they suddenly commit this act?"<p>Gandi's assassins, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikh, were also her bodyguards.Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:27:00 +0000Julie McCarthy23072 at http://wxpr.orgSecurity Vs. Free Speech: India Blocks Film On AssassinationIn India, Hindu Nationalists Feel Their Moment Has Arrivedhttp://wxpr.org/post/india-hindu-nationalists-feel-their-moment-has-arrived
There are signs of rising tensions between India's Hindu and Muslim communities since Narendra Modi, a self-avowed Hindu nationalist, took power as prime minister in May.Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:18:00 +0000Julie McCarthy22951 at http://wxpr.orgIn India, Hindu Nationalists Feel Their Moment Has ArrivedWhy India's Modi Defied The WTOhttp://wxpr.org/post/why-indias-modi-defied-wto
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India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, says he has been denied the "honeymoon" period that new governments traditionally enjoy. Just one month after taking office, he has also asserted that he has defied expectations and secured a firm grip on India's sprawling government.<p>Given the groundswell of expectation and anxiety surrounding Modi's ascent, there's been unusual attention given to his first 30 days.Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:23:00 +0000Julie McCarthy & Rupam Jain Nair20407 at http://wxpr.orgIn Blogs And Tweets, India's New Leader Bemoans Lack Of 'Honeymoon'Iraqi Crisis Brings Focus On Indian Migrants Who Seek Profit Amid Perilhttp://wxpr.org/post/iraqi-crisis-brings-focus-indian-migrants-who-seek-profit-amid-peril
Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. When ISIS militants took control of wide swaths of northern Iraq, foreign workers in those areas ended up being trapped. India is working to win the release of some 40 of its citizens abducted in the Iraqi city of Mosul. There are also hundreds more in other locations who are clamoring to leave. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.<p>JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: India said today, doors are opening in the quest to free its construction workers seized in Mosul, and that they have not been harmed.Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:15:00 +0000Julie McCarthy20184 at http://wxpr.orgIndians Caught In Middle Of Iraq's Worsening Crisishttp://wxpr.org/post/indians-caught-middle-iraqs-worsening-crisis
The kidnapping of 40 Indian construction workers in Iraq by suspected militants has rapidly become the first foreign policy test for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, barely a month after he assumed office.<p>The workers are believed to have been captured by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) when the jihadist group overran the northern Iraqi city of Mosul this past week.<p><em>The Times of India</em> reported that the men were waylaid as they were being evacuated from Mosul.Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:35:00 +0000Julie McCarthy19970 at http://wxpr.orgIndians Caught In Middle Of Iraq's Worsening Crisis